=====07.04.12=====
Smashing 2 days into one, I purchased "Theatrhythm
Final Fantasy" and "Superman VS The Elite" on the 3rd. Pretty
much spent most of the day playing Theatrhythm all day. That game is great
especially if you're a Final Fantasy fan. I easily gave that game a 5 out of 5.
I watched "Superman VS The Elite" on the 4th. 3
out of 5. It was alright. Writers always say that it's tough to write for
Superman because it's almost the same thing. It can be done, but I understand
that it can be difficult.
For the Fourth of July, I went with a few friends to go see
fireworks. It was nice. A few of us did go to eat afterwards.
=====07.07.12=====
For BT's birthday, he wanted to go to the Lego 2nd Annual
Brick Fiesta. It was so cool to see all the creative Lego creations. I wanted
to buy at least one thing before leaving, so I was looking for something unique
to me. Finally I found a Lego Metroid, very cool.
We then went to watch "The Amazing Spider-Man." 3
out of 5. Not the best Spider-Man, but not the worst Spider-Man movie either. A
few of us split while the rest went out to eat dinner at Pampa and then hit up Soju Bar. Fun night.
=====07.14.12=====
Smashing 4 days into one, on the 10th I filmed the 8th
episode of "The Game Fanatics Show."
On the 14th, we had a meeting just to talk about what we could
do, what type of ideas and content could we put up, and what might come for the
future. Overall, a very productive meeting. Can't hate that. Plus I had a boba
drink called "Ninja Turtle" and it was excellent.
On the 17th, I filmed the 9th episode of "The Game
Fanatics Show."
And on the 24th, I filmed the 10th episode of "The Game
Fanatics Show." Then we took a week off since we couldn't meet up to film.
=====07.15.12=====
Helped family members move from one house to a new house.
Man...we got all dirty and messy. We were working very efficiently in packing
up the moving truck. That took a few hours to do. Their new home was really
nice. Moving stuff back in went a little faster with the girls helping move and
organize things where they needed to go. I felt bad that I nicked one of their
walls bringing a metal bed frame in. At one point, my younger girl cousins and
I drove around to meet our aunt, but she was already on her way to the new
house. Everyone ate, moved more stuff in, and then we finished up since the
moving truck needed to be returned. I think my dad and I got home a little
before 7PM. It was good to be doing stuff with family.
Oh, and their dogs are cute and fun to play with.
=====07.19.12=====
It's not that I really wanted to think about it, but it was
in my head for the whole month. If you don't know what happened, you can read
what happened a year ago at the following link
=====07.20.12=====
Went to see "The Dark Knight Rises" with friends.
5 out 5, no doubt about it. It wasn't the best in the trilogy, but it was a
great bookend to end it all. It was so fun geeking out afterwards with
everyone.
=====07.21.12=====
For AT's birthday, she wanted to go watch Ladies Roller Derby.
It was cool to see roller derby live and in person and those ladies were rough.
Had lots of fun watching them.
We went to the Soju Bar afterwards since she enjoyed our
time there last time. We played a Korean game where you hold up 5 fingers and
go around saying different things about people and if it applied to you, you
put a finger down. I think we played that last time at the Soju Bar and that's
why I suggested doing it again. Fun night.
=====07.22.12=====
A DJ from Soshified, JS, spent a week of her summer vacation
here in Houston.
Us fellow SONEs offered to show her around. I met her at the Galleria. NY and
SC were waiting with her. She reminded me of a friend (looks and fashion
style). The guys had told her about me using my mustache comb to hit people on
the forehead and they wanted me to hit her. So I did, she crumbled, ha. I let
her hit me back.
We ate at La Madeline before showing her the Candy Store and
the Waterwall. We then took her to the museum and went around looking at stuff.
It had been a long time since I had been to the museum so it was as if I was
seeing everything for the first time. Next was Herman Park,
which we cut short since it was so hot.
We went to H-Mart where JN met up with us. JN suggested we
go to the gun range. It was mine and JS' first time firing guns. I enjoyed
myself. Then we went to dinner where NM, MC, and EH (+1) joined us. We had a
great time just talking and joking around with each other.
The night ended with a great couple hours of karaoke. So
much for JS' first day in town.
=====07.23.12=====
Couldn't join JS and the SONEs for activities since I was
busy cleaning and rearranging things in my room. It was a very...tiring day.
=====07.25.12=====
My second day with JS started with me meeting MC at Fit. We
joined NY, JN, and JS at Tofu
Village. And that's where
JS cracked an egg on my head, ha. I pointed at my head for her to just crack it
on, but for some reason I didn't think it was a raw egg even though she was
going to crack it and let it cook in her soup. Anyways, she cracked the egg on
my forehead. Not a lot came out, but it was definitely a funny moment we all
remembered really well, ha.
Afterwards, we headed out to Galveston and went around Pleasure Pier. It's
nice. I never went there since it was built. It's a little small, but it's just
another attraction for those that come out to the beach. We played some of the
carnival games. I was very close to hitting over 100 on the hammer game (91 and
92) and I really came close 3 times to winning a Hello Kitty from a crane game
(her head is heavy to carry). We even took one of those old-timey photos. JS
chose the mob gangster concept for us and it was pretty cool. I liked our
outfits and the props they had around for us to use.
I suggested for us to rent multi-person bikes and ride
around since I had fun memories of doing it before. MC and NY took one while
JS, JN, and I drove another. Good times. It ended with us getting snow cones at
a this one vender in the middle of nowhere. I just wanted to give the girl
business and company since she must be bored being there all day long with who
knows how many customers she gets.
We headed back to town and ate dinner at Fufu. I actually
ran into a former coworker there, TK. She was there with her 2 sons. We just
caught up a little bit before she was seated. It was good to see her. She still
looks great. I hope we get to catch up more some time.
=====07.27.12=====
My third day with JS was planned by me. MC, NY, and JS met
me at Korean Noodle House for lunch. Had to show JS what I think is the best
Korean food in Houston.
Those three headed to the next location while I went to meet NM so we could
carpool. We met them at the Chocolate Bar where everyone got some treats. JS
wanted to play a game so I suggested the 5 finger game I had been playing with
others at Soju Bar. We added a penalty for the losers, which was to eat 2, 3,
or 5 of this sour candy that was bought. I just like the game. You can learn
things about people that way.
NY and MC left since they had previous plans. I drove NM and
JS to Emerald Bowl to get a couple of games in. We each chose our SNSD bias for
our bowling names, ha. More games after as we went to Dave & Busters. We
went around playing ticket games and a few others, but mainly ticket games so
JS can buy a prize with them.
We then met back up with NY and his friends to eat at LA
Crawfish since JS hasn't had any before. Man, was it spicy, ha. We split from
NY and his crew and met up with JN at City Centre. We showed JS around, she
bought macarons, and then we ate/drank and talked at Yard House. It was a fun
time of just talking, learning about each other, and getting closer and that is
something I like doing with anyone.
=====07.28.12=====
I also planned my fourth day with JS. A conversation during
a previous day questioned if JS had eaten banh mi before. So I took her to get
some. She had had it before, ha. Then I took her to have an experience I try to
make any visitor have coming to Houston,
taking a class at Soundbox Studios. I had not been there in months and had not
taken a class since December due to my health, but I figured I'd gut it out and
take the class with JS. I knew BS was teaching so it was a surprise for her to
see me there. Class was good. I did hurt afterwards, ha. But it felt good
taking a class and seeing BS.
Took JS to the Galleria so she could buy something Texas at the Texas
store for her sister. NY joined us and we went to the arcade. Then those 2 went
ice skating. I wanted to originally, but needed to rest. We then went to eat at
NY's parents' restaurant. Lots of good food.
The night ended with us 3, NM, JN, and a couple of NY's
friends singing karaoke at K100. That was fun and memorable for various
reasons.
And that was the last night of JS being in Houston. It was definitely fun hanging out
with her and some of the Houston SONEs. Hopefully she visits us again sometime.
=====WingedVoX and Royal Flush Media=====
Were you following me and looking at the photos I took for
my July Twitter Photo Project? I actually DID NOT gain any new followers. Oh
well. I'm also releasing a new block of Adventures starting August (one was
posted earlier since I'm late with this and it is August now). Check those out.
Subscribe, Follow, and Like please.
Surprisingly I'm more active now. If you haven't been
keeping up, I've been filming/editing/producing episodes of "The Game
Fanatics Show." Those guys are fun and this work doesn't feel like work.
It's fun. Plus I've gotten an offer to do work for a church group. More on that
if it happens in August.
=====Final Thoughts=====
- RAW 1000 was amazing. It's incredible to think I've seen
all 1000 episodes. Thank you to all the Superstars that entertained me for so
many years.
- Game Grumps http://www.youtube.com/GameGrumps
If you are a fan of JonTron and EgoRaptor then you'll love
their crazy antics as they play through games. I've literally laughed out loud
in almost every single video they've put out.
- I've sunk so many hours into "Theatrhythm Final
Fantasy." As of typing this (08.10.12), I've played a little more than 80
hours of the game. I just have a fun time playing that game. There's also a
title you can give yourself for a StreetPass card. I changed it a few times,
but ended up sticking with "Wandering One-Winged Dragoon" for the
longest time.
- There were a couple of quotes I heard or came across this
month that I really liked.
"You cannot solve a problem with the same mentality you
used to create it." - TCE
"All those people that would've been involved would
want to help make it get better anyways. So the more people you have help
involved getting the word out on something new, that always makes a big
difference." - GM
- BoA released her seventh Korean album. It's amazing. Her
performances, her songs, everything about this new album is great. Her special
she had for her comeback "4354 Special" was phenomenal. 4354 is the
number of days since her debut. Same as RAW 1000, I'm so happy to have
supported and loved this girl for 4354 days and those days continue to grow. It
is an understatement to say that I fell in love with her again with her latest
song "Only One." My health is not back to 100%, but I have been
determined to learn the entirety of "Only One." I've been pretty good
with it so far, but it is not perfect. Plus it would be great to have a female
counterpart to play off of. But yes, because of BoA, I have actually been able
to exercise somewhat properly like I used to. Thank you, BoA. I will continue
to love and support you.
- Thank you for reading. Be healthy, be thankful, be loved.
Take care.
